LifeSpring Sermon Blog

The Importance of the Church to Jesus

In light of the increasing numbers of people that are disheartened or disgusted with church, this sermon opens a two-part series about what God thinks about the church and planned for her, as well as why the church can and should be important for people.

Follow Me

This sermon comes from Mark 1:14-20 and takes a look at Jesus' call to his 12 disciples to follow him.  The sermon cautions identifying our own wants and desires as being "call" instead of the authentic and often difficult call of God.

Can anyone good come out of Nazareth?

Salvation in the Wilderness

John the Baptist began his ministry in the wilderness.  This sermon asks why John began there.  Why not the City?  It also looks at the positive and negative qualities of wilderness and how they work within our lives for both good and ill.

Let's Start At the Beginning

This sermon examines the open of the Gospel of John, especially the way that John skips the nativity narratives in Matthew and Luke and begins from the time before Creation when Jesus and the Father were planning what we now call the Earth and humanity.

Simeon recognized the child.

This sermon looks at Simeon, the old man who used to shuffle around in the Temple looking for Messiah, and who finally got to witness the newly born Jesus.  The text comes from Luke 2:22-38.

What Mary Sang to Elizabeth

This sermon is a a look at the Magnificat, Mary's beautiful song about the good news that God sent us in the form of Jesus, his son.  

I'm Having Second Thoughts

John the Baptist had second thoughts about Jesus.  "Are you really the Messiah?"  This sermon takes a look at common misunderstandings about Jesus' role and identity.

What is the Gospel?

John the Baptist began his ministry announcing the "the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, son of God."  This sermon explores what gospel means and whether the church's message in the past has actually been good news (or gospel).

Hosea - Gospel Personified

This sermon looks at the story of Hosea and Gomer (his wife) and examines the way Hosea's enacted parable resembles the way that Jesus love us and rescued us from the effects of our sin.  Though Gomer was a prostitute, Hosea did not relent in loving her.  In the same way, God has not given up on humanity in general in spite of great failure and unfaithfulness.